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Ms. Sicherman from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Picture Books for Literacy Learning and Community Building

My students need 44 picture books to improve literacy skills and build classroom community.

  • $468 goal

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My Students

"Read it again, teacher!" The power of a great picture book is vast. It can draw in a reluctant reader, inspire a tuned-out student, and electrify thinking in kids who struggle to decode words on a page. A great picture book can unite a diverse class of squirmy 8-year-olds into a learning community.

My incoming third grade students attend a small urban public elementary school in New York.

They will stay with me for both third and fourth grades, and I'm really looking forward to working with them for the next two years. They are an extremely diverse group, in terms of ethnic background, socioeconomic status, and special education needs. In order for us to work together successfully and happily for two years, we need to form a classroom community in which students can learn, create, and share their ideas freely in an atmosphere of respect and curiosity.

My Project

Our classroom has been fortunate in receiving grants for the chapter books my students are beginning to embark on in their independent reading. What we need now are rich and complex picture books, both fiction and non-fiction. When I read a picture book aloud to the class, my students have the opportunity to share an experience that makes a huge difference to them both in terms of reading comprehension and relating to others. They will learn specific comprehension skills such as activating background knowledge, summarizing, and making inferences. Just as important, they will learn from our class discussions how to express themselves clearly and how to understand and respect others' interpretations. They will build a common body of knowledge and experience that forms the foundation of any learning community.

Reading books like "Teammates" by Peter Golenbeck, about the relationship between Jackie Robinson and Peewee Reese, or "When I Was Young in the Mountains," Cynthia Rylant's peaceful childhood memories, will bring my students together as a community of people devoted to learning and supporting each other.

I have no doubt that these books will enrich the academic and social learning of my incoming group of students, as well as those I will teach in future years.

Ms. Sicherman Children's Workshop School Grades 3-5

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Half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Storm: Students of Biloxi, Mississippi, Remember Hurrican Katrin • Amazon $17.06 1 $17.06
Kamishibai Man • Amazon $13.28 1 $13.28
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq • Amazon $13.00 1 $13.00
The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands • Amazon $12.46 1 $12.46
Pink and Say • Amazon $11.95 1 $11.95
Good Dog, Carl • Amazon $11.63 1 $11.63
The Other Side • Amazon $11.63 1 $11.63
In Our Mothers' House • Amazon $11.48 1 $11.48
Mr. Lincoln's Way • Amazon $11.48 1 $11.48
Niño Wrestles the World (Golden Kite Honors) • Amazon $11.43 1 $11.43
Amelia's Road • Amazon $9.95 1 $9.95
The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp Based on a Classroom Diary • Amazon $8.49 1 $8.49
Thank You, Mr. Falker • Amazon $8.27 1 $8.27
Chicken Sunday • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
Coolies • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
How My Parents Learned to Eat (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin books) • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
The Butterfly • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey • Amazon $7.68 1 $7.68
Chato's Kitchen • Amazon $7.51 1 $7.51
Tea with Milk • Amazon $7.51 1 $7.51
Wild Fibonacci • Amazon $7.26 1 $7.26
The Lotus Seed • Amazon $7.00 1 $7.00
Gleam and Glow • Amazon $7.00 1 $7.00
Teammates • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Fly Away Home • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs (Picture Puffins) • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Fireflies • Amazon $6.88 1 $6.88
Emma's Rug • Amazon $6.86 1 $6.86
Under the Quilt of Night • Amazon $6.82 1 $6.82
Fly High!: The Story of Bessie Coleman • Amazon $6.79 1 $6.79
Thunder Cake • Amazon $6.59 1 $6.59
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World • Amazon $6.57 1 $6.57
Charlie Anderson • Amazon $6.51 1 $6.51
Chato and the Party Animals • Amazon $6.48 1 $6.48
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon $6.35 1 $6.35
I Can Hear the Sun (Picture Puffins) • Amazon $6.35 1 $6.35
An Angel For Solomon Singer • Amazon $6.15 1 $6.15
Bull Run • Amazon $6.15 1 $6.15
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman • Amazon $5.98 1 $5.98
Journey • Amazon $5.94 1 $5.94
Tight Times (Picture Puffins) • Amazon $5.71 1 $5.71
Hungry, Hungry Sharks (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$362.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$397.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.15

Total project goal

$467.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $467.69

6 Donors

-$440.98

Donations toward project cost

-$397.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.71

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